05-30-2026, 10:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-30-2026, 10:37 PM by hakeemfaan.)
(05-30-2026, 10:31 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Mara won't even be playable in a series with either of those teams, or NY, for that matter. Bigs who can only play drop coverage are about as useful as a poopy-flavored lollipop, to quote Dodgeball.
The best option to guard Wembenyama is someone about the size of Cooper Flagg, honestly.
I thought he guarded pretty well on the perimeter too. I have doubts about him because of how skinny he is and those skinny / uber tall guys usually tend to get injured. I think his agility is much better than many think. I know Edey had better agility timings but it doesn't match what I saw in games where there were mutiple plays where Mara guarded the permiter guy and still recovered to block the shot in the paint.
None of us know though and you could be correct but teams are not enamored by him because they look at him just as a big guy to counter Wemby. He would have been a mid 2nd round pick if they felt he didn't have the agility to keep up.